Once your USB drive is set up as a bootable drive with an appropriate operating system on it, you’ll need to set up your Surface to boot from this drive. This requires you to make changes in the UEFI so that the USB drive is the first option. Here’s how: Shut down your Surface....
Your device should initiate the boot sequence from the disk after picking the matched option from the Boot Menu. Step 4Reset the Password of the Surface Pro After a successful boot from the disk, you will see a list of linked accounts. So, choose the account for which you wish to reset ...
The Surface is a new hardware brand launched by Microsoft, with a novel appearance design and especially its unique method of selecting USB boot. You, sometimes, may not be available to Windows and cannotaccess your files. Or you are likely to create a bootable drive and use it to boot an...
In cases where you are unable to boot into Windows and cannot access your files, you can create a bootable drive and use the media to boot and repair your OS installation on your device. In this post, we will show you how to boot Surface from USB Drive at Startup. How to boot Surfa...
To unmount the WinPE image just run the following command: dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\mount/commit You can now boot to your new WinPE environment by plugging the flash drive to your new Surface Pro (while it's turned off) and then start the device withPower +...
Microsoft offers you a simple way to perform Surface Pro factory reset in Windows 10 or 11 and it is using Windows Settings. This way is only applicable to Windows that can boot normally. Windows 10 Step 1: Click theStartbutton and chooseSettingsto open the Settings app. ...
Step 1:Shut down your Surface Pro Step 2:Press and hold the volume-up button Step 3:Press and release the power button while holding down the volume up button Step 4:Release the volume up button when the Surface logo appears Step 5:Select ‘Secure Boot Control’ ...
The Devices menu doesn't appear on Surface Pro X. Boot configuration In the Boot configuration section, you can change how your Surface boots into Windows. If your Surface is part of an enterprise, these settings may be locked or configured to your enterprise specifications. Contact your IT ad...
1. Plug the USB drive to your Surface. 2. Turn off your Surface. 3. Press and hold the volume-down button while you press and release the power button. 4. Once you see the Surface logo appears, leave the volume-down button and the Surface Pro will automatically boot from USB. ...
When using keyboard drivers for Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Laptop 3 in the same Windows PE boot instance, you may need to manually reset the firmware if the keyboard or touchpad don’t work in Windows PE: Press and hold the Power button for 30 seconds. If you are connected to a power...